# smiles vs spies

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### smiles
*noun · IPA /smaɪlz/ · frequency rank #8,206*
plural of smile

### spies
*noun · IPA /spaɪz/ · frequency rank #11,297*
plural of spy

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smiles-vs-spies